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Huffington Post | Scientists May Have Just Found A Solution For Deadly Superbugs

May 12, 2015
Professor Miriam Barlow led a study that could have major implications for doctors working to fight off antibiotic-resistant infections.

Campus to Mark Milestone with 10th Graduating Class

May 12, 2015
When students walk across the stage at this weekend’s commencement ceremonies at the University of California, Merced, they will join the nearly 4,000 scholars who have earned degrees from the university, while marking yet another campus milestone as the campus’s 10th graduating class. “This is a...

Innovate to Grow Promises Exciting Developments

May 11, 2015
Innovate to Grow, the annual showcase of UC Merced student creativity, features some amazing teamwork this year, from medical and agricultural devices to mobile applications for saving energy and water. May 15 is the date for the fourth annual Innovate to Grow competition, the culmination of the...

Future of Humanity Linked to Soil Health in New 'Science' Article

May 7, 2015
Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the dirt under their feet. But a new article co-authored by UC Merced Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe and published this week in the prestigious journal Science provides plenty of reasons why we should. Soil health isn’t just a matter of...

Researchers Reverse Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics

May 6, 2015
The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a growing problem in the United States and the world. New findings by researchers in evolutionary biology and mathematics could help doctors better address the problem in a clinical setting.   Biologist Miriam Barlow of the University of California,...

Researcher Develops New Cloud Security Method for Mobile Users

May 4, 2015
A UC Merced researcher has come up with a new, super-efficient encryption system for smart phones that lets users secure data being sent to and retrieved from the cloud. Encrypting data on your phone or tablet — including pictures, documents and videos — protects against the kinds of leaks and...

Mentoring Program Empowers Student Leaders

May 1, 2015
For senior Jessica Nguyen, UC Merced has fueled more than academic preparedness — it has sparked her fervent interest in civic leadership. Nguyen has been involved in the Women’s Program’s Lift While You Lead mentoring network for the past two years. The goal is to increase high school graduation...

Campus Celebrates 10th Annual Leadership Awards

April 30, 2015
The 2015 UC Merced Leadership Awards were held this evening (April 30) at the Wallace-Dutra Amphitheater. Presented by the Margo F. Souza Student Leadership Center, the awards recognize and celebrate students, staff and faculty members, and student organizations who are doing remarkable things on...

Chemist to Lobby for NSF Funding at Washington Event

April 29, 2015
Chemistry Professor Hrant Hratchian is part of a delegation of academics at the Coalition for National Science Funding’s (CNSF) advocacy day in Washington, D.C., today. Hratchian will show his lab’s research with an exhibit titled, “Better Living Through Computational Chemistry.” “We use computers...

Mapping Genomes of Pine Bacteria Yields Unexpected Results

April 29, 2015
UC Merced Professor Carolin Frank is helping figure out how a certain bacteria helps promote healthy tree growth by studying the bacteria’s genome sequence. In the new paper, published in the open-access journal mBio, Frank and research colleagues in Finland said their discoveries could have...

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